Conifliii {MchiiK-onium, sp.) orio- or ninro-collod. viirioiisly slmpcif. nof 

 siipcrlic'iiil, I'ur tlio most piirt dnrk-roldicd. (Winter in Hie I'il/.c). 



■■'■ S/)nf/(f/ii liydliiw. 

 M. stilbosfoiiia. (Fr.) 



Splun ia slilfiis/niHii. Kr. if, S. M. If, p. .(o^. 

 I'dl.Mi slilhitslitiiia, Vr. Siimnia. p. .\\2. 

 MiliiHCdiiis stilhi>sti)>iui. Till. Scl. Carp. II, p. riy. 

 Sfrliiciiu piikluilii. Currcy, I.imi. Trans. XXII, p. iSo. 

 Kxsicc. Hckl. 1". Rh. 590.— Rnb. V. V.. 9.?,^.— Rihtii Asc. 675. 



Strouiata sea I tercel, idiloiitr or ,<iili('llip)iciil at lia.^c, (icpi-cs.^cil- 

 i:>-lolio.<(', or licnii.-'plM'i'ii'nl. *J-3 iinii. iliaiii.. iicrniaiu'iitly (Mtvcrcd liy tlir 

 pustiililorni-clcvatcil cpidcriiiis, w liirli is liarcly [lic'i'tcd ])\ tlic (miiiii- 

 pt'iit, wliitisli disk >urroiiridr(| liy a sliirlit dc^prc.-ision. I'critlicrin .'!-12 

 ill a stroma, siii'roui)il('<| and partly covered hy ;) yrannlar-|inlvcrident. 

 yellowish material; sank in the surface ol" tlie inner l)ark, liiil so 

 sliu'lilly that, wlien the epidermis is peeled otV. they ol't*'!! adhei'e to it. 

 Mack, small, de|iressed and collapsinu; when dry, with converuinu'. 

 cylinilrical necks Itent upwards at iheh- e.\ir(>niities ami piercin?:- ilic 

 disk with their gloho.se <»r short-cylimlrical, Idack. perforated, sliiihtly 

 projectin.ii' o.?tiola. Asci cylindrical, sniistipitate, S-spored, i)()-1 10 .\ 

 12-10 //. Sporidia snli!»i.-<eiiate, elliptical or oiiloiiii', straiiiht. olitii.-e. 

 hyaline, nniseptate and const'iclecl, 1 S-'J o x 7-!> //. Coindial stioma. 

 Jfe/a neon ill III hirolor, Nees., siil)culiculai', conical. producin<>' numer- 

 ous i>i'own, continuous, ovate coiiidia, 13-l(!x7-10 ii. 



On dead limlis of liirch, ->ice;' and Mella, Carolina and reiinsyi- 

 vania (Schw. «.t Itaventd), on l»iich, Nt^w York and Iowa (Peck »V- 

 Uohvay). 



M. bitoMilosa, (B. & Br.) 



I'ahu hitonilohi. n. iS: Ilr, Not. Ilrit. Fuiigt, No. S6i in Ann. & Ma>{. i\S9. III. tab 



X, fJK. K'. 

 Civ/iii>f/>iii a fii/iti ii/i>Mi. Niessi, in Kab. I'". Kur. No. 224,%. 

 I)ia/x»lhe hiloi uh'fti. Sacc. SyU, 2,?,=;,s. 

 Kx.iicc. Kat>. I'. K. 2243, 2421.— Cke. F. Brit. Ser. II, 249.— Sydow, M. March, zfi.^. 



IVrithecia circinato, S nr ni»tre to<iether c(»vored hy the sliulitly 

 raised epidermis, ulolKtse, more oi- less collapsing;', \ mm. diam., suh- 

 pulvcrnlent, with straiuht, horizontal necks convertiinti' to the center 

 where their extr«'niities are conlluent iind erumjtent in a small, lilack 

 disk. Asci clavate, p, sp. <io-75 x 12-1 o ft. Sporidiu hiseriate, uni 

 so])tate, ohloiiLr-fusoid, 1 o-li) x4-.') //, hyaline. 



On dead limhs of Curp/nns Amcricanit ami Oatri/it Viryliiira 

 Iowa (Ilolway). 



